Ecological risks : perspectives from Poland and the United States / / edited by Wladyslaw Grodzinski, Ellis B. Cowling, Alicja I. Breymeyer ; with Anna S. Phillips ... [et al.] ; Polish Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974430203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990
• ISBN: 9786610212323; 9781280212321; 1280212322; 9780309555739; 0309555736; 9780585084985; 058508498X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrodzinskiW; CowlingEllis Brevier <1932->; BreymeyerA. I <1932-> (Alicja I.); PhillipsAnna S
• Disciplina: 577.09438
• Soggetti: Environmental impact analysis - Poland; Environmental impact analysis - United States; Environmental protection - Poland; Environmental protection - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Ecological Risks""; ""Copyright""; ""EDITORS' NOTE""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""Assessment and Management of Ecological Risks""; ""IMPORTANCE OF ECOSYSTEMS FOR HUMANS""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""Ecosystems""; ""Ecological Risk""; ""Ecological Risk Assessment""; ""AN ILLUSTRATION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN DESIRABLE GOALS IN SOCIETY""; ""CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN POLAND AND THE UNITED STATES""; ""OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK""; ""OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE""; ""References""; ""Executive Summary""; ; ""OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS""; ""ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS""; ""HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT"" ""Concepts in Stress Ecology""; ""Air Pollution Impacts""; ""Monitoring Ecological Stresses and Effects""; ""AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY""; ""IMPACTS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES""; ""SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS""; ""Evaluating Ecological Impacts: A Conceptual Framework""; ""A TYPOLOGY OF CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGE""; ""ISSUES IN EVALUATING CHANGES""; ""EVALUATING FUTURE CONSEQUENCES""; ""ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND OTHER VALUES""; ""FROM CONCEPT TO PRACTICE"" ""RELATED READINGS""; ""The Relationship Between Strategies of Social Development and Environmental Protection""; ""THE EXISTING PARADIGM""; ""A NEW ANTHROPOCENTRIC PARADIGM: HUMAN HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""THE ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""References""; ""Environmental Protection as an Element of International Economic Cooperation in Poland""; ""GROWTH: REDOUBLING EFFORT OR RETHINKING DIRECTION?""; ""THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT""; ""INVESTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION"" ""THE ECONOMIC BIND""; ""POLICY EXPLORATIONS""; ""Energy""; ""Transportation""; ""Housing""; ""Agriculture""; ""Food Processing""; ""Pollution Control Technology""; ""PROSPECTS""; ""References""; ""The Role of Ecological Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making""; ""PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL RISKS""; ""ECOTOXICOLOGY: THE PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENTS""; ""The Toxic Substances Control Act""; ""Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""Characterizing Ecosystem Responses to Stress"" ""ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT""; ""ECOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: REGULATORY ENDPOINTS""; ""ECOLOGICAL ENDPOINTS""; ""Species-level Endpoints: Primary""; ""Species-level Endpoints: Secondary""; ""Species-level Endpoints: Ecological Role""; ""Community-level Endpoints""; ""Ecosystem-level Endpoints""; ""DEFINING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS""; ""Frequency and Novelty of Stress""; ""Time Scale of Stress""; ""Intensity of Stress""; ""Internal Stress Protection""; ""Summary""; ""MEASURING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS""; ""Resistance and Stability""; ""Sensitivity""